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Monday, February 18, 2008

Crocheted Long Stem Roses- - - free pattern

I wanted to make a dozen roses for my step-daughter for Valentine''s day. I surfed the web and couldn''t find a pattern I liked...so what''s a crocheter to do ~ make one up. I took inspiration from a few different patterns I came across and came up with these:

Roll rose jelly roll style (slightly staggered). Secure the rose by threading a tapestry needle with the beginning long tail and tacking in place to secure. Fasten off.

Stem and leaves:

Here you can decide if you want to use the full length of the chenille stem or cut it in half. I used a half piece in my examples.

Using the green yarn you left attached while making the base, insert hook into the bottom of the rose base. Hook the yarn and pull through. Now you will ch until your chain is the length of the chenille stem you chose plus 2 extra chains for turning. Turn. Hdc in the 2nd chain from the hook and each ch until you reach the base of the flower. Cut green leaving long tail to sew the stem together. Using your tapestry needle and the green tail, take a tacking stitch in base of rose. This will prevent any gaps where the stem and base meet. This also gives it extra support.

With the chenille stem laying on top of the green hdc row you just created, use your tapestry needle to sew the last row of hdc and the base chain together forming a tube around the chenille stem. Fasten off and weave in end.

Leaves (make 2):

With green, ch 6, sl st in the 2nd ch from hook. Sc in next st, (hdc, dc) in next ch, (dc,hdc) in next ch, sc in next ch. Fasten off leaving long tail. Weave in beginning tail.

Secure leaves to stem wherever you like them.

You can make the flower portion any color you choose. Check here to see what the different colors represent.

Great pattern. I made a modification though, I rolled the rose bud around the already crochet covered stem, then secured the bud with a tapestry needle. I also just single crocheted around the stem, and gave it a twist, which looked like a real stem with thorns on it. I made a dozen red ones with the full length of the stems. I love them. Might make more in a different color!

These are so great! My Mom just had surgery and I was thinking about sending her some flowers but living 2,000+ miles away, it''s kind of hard. Maybe I could crochet her a dozen roses instead! Thanks for sharing, what a great pattern.